| From the Chairperson’s desk Dear Friends, I am so excited to once again share with you the another month of Jewish student news from around the worl
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From the Chairperson’s desk
Dear Friends,
I am so excited to once again share with you the another month of Jewish student news from around the world. Much has happened in the past month, university has started in Europe and Israel, the three week period of back to back eating (aka the Jewish holiday season) has ended and registration for WUJS Congress has finally launched.
At the same time we can not ignore the latest spate of anti-Semitic incidents that have occurred on university campuses in the last month. Swastikas painted on a Jewish fraternity house in the United States and even a pig-head placed in the kosher section in a South African supermarket by the Congress of South Africa student. These events serve as constant reminders to why our global movement is so vital, Jewish students, no matter where we are must stand together.
On the bright side, we are happy to announce a new initiative, the WUJS Awards. These awards will honour those who have made outstanding contributions to Jewish student life. Awards will be given to individuals and student unions. You are all welcome to nominate individuals and member unions to receive these award by following this link.
All the best,
Andi
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WUJS Congress: 28th-31st December
LEAD. BUILD. INSPIRE.
Registration for the most important Jewish student event of the year is now OPEN! Join hundreds of students from all over the world at our annual 4 day conference. Tackling current Jewish and global issues and making friends for a lifetime! Register here.
The Congress website is live, check it out to see all the latest information. Find the event on Facebook.
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WUJS & EUJS Yad Vashem Seminar: 21st-26th December
WUJS and EUJS are proud to invite you to a selective, in-depth Shoah seminar at the International School for Holocaust Studies at Yad Vashem. Join Jewish student leaders, activists and informal educators for a seminar with leading experts and educators and discover new perspectives on the Shoah and discuss their impact on our communities today.
The program is a joint seminar by WUJS and EUJS together with the Yad Vashem International School of Holocaust Studies, and will take place in Jerusalem from December 21st to 26th 2014. After that you are all invited to join the WUJS Congress! Click here for the Facebook event.
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Mitzvah day 2014
Mitzvah Day, taking place this year on November 16th, was started in the UK in 2008. Since then, it has grown into a global movement of change – encouraging people all over the world to take part in hands on social action together. Now in 20 countries, Mitzvah Day brings 35,000 people together at the same time, to make a difference. Read more here.
If you would like your union to take part in Mitzvah Day please contact [email protected]. To find out more about Mitzvah Day check out their website www.mitzvahday.org.uk/
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Hackathon in Tel Aviv January 4-6
Exciting opportunity with the Reut Institue: Firewall: Israel Legitimacy Hackathon where anti-delegitimization activists will meet with expertise in cyber and technology. Its aim: To prototype 8-12 web-based tools or software apps to help those who are fighting the de-legitimization of Israel and BDS on the ground. Over the course of three days, activists and developers will work together, building technological tools that can be used to fight against the delegitimization of Israel. Check out the Web site, submit a challenge, and/or apply to be a part of the first-ever global Israel Legitimacy Hackathon, which will take place January 4-6 in Tel Aviv.
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Union Updates: Get the latest information on what Jewish student unions have been busy with over the past month.
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Union of Jewish Students of the UK & Ireland (UJS)
October at UJS has been a pretty hectic month. The month began with the tail-end of the British „Freshers” season. „Freshers” is the name given to the first week of the academic year in UK universities. Since not every university starts at the same time though and because UJS staff visit every Jewish Students Society (J-Soc) around the country during their respective first weeks #64daysoffreshers was born.
They also held their first careers event of the year, Succah in the City, which saw over 50 students come together to hear from, and network with, a panel of highly successful Jewish lawyers. A reception was also held at the UJS officeto dedicate their meeting room to Alan Senitt. Alan was UJS Chairperson 2001-2003, an inspirational leader to UJS and many other Jewish organisations, who was tragically murdered in 2006.
Finally, UJS hosted over 150 students in London for Shabbat UK (the UK name for the global Shabbos Project) with J-Socs around the countries getting involved and running cross-communal events throughout Shabbat on their campuses.
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Ukrainian Union of Jewish Students
WINTER U 2015: Poland-Ukraine. 25/01-01/02/2015
Experience it as never before! Visit two countries of great Jewish heritage and vibrant modern life, take a privilege to present young Jewish voices at official event on 70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz on 27 January 2015, meet world Jewish leaders and politicians, participate in trainings on Advocacy&Diplomacy,bussiness & entreprenership & networking, walk through couzy streets of Krakow & Lviv, ski, party and have fun!
Save the dates for your winter vacation, business and personal networking. Stay tuned.
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The South African Union of Jewish Students (SAUJS)
This month SAUJS held their annual conference and elected their 2015 National executive committee. We look forward to seeing lots of them at Congress in December
National Chair- Natan Pollack; Cape Town Chair – Jonathan Levi
Vice Chair- Dani Hovsha; Treasurer- Marom Mishan
Director – Jaden Cramer; Media officer- Gabriella Blumberg
Zionist officer – Cassandra Mayekiso; Political officer- Brett Dembo
Women’s officer- Ilana Demby; Religious officer – Jessica Vinokur
Community officer – Yakira Amoils; African Affairs officer- Yehudit Liebovitz
Social officer- Alyssa Schneider; Special Projects Manager – Cayla Urdang
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The World Union of Jewish Students (WUJS) is the international, pluralistic, non-partisan umbrella organisation comprising of 48 national independent Jewish Student Unions from all over the world.
Founded in 1924 to combat anti-Jewish quotas in Central and Eastern European University the World Union of Jewish Students was a grassroots network aimed at connecting student groups from all over the world. The aim of The World Union of Jewish Students is to foster the unity of Jewish students worldwide and to strive to ensure their participation in the fulfillment of the aspirations of the Jewish people, its continuity, and the development of its religious, spiritual, cultural and social heritage.
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